New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Friday appointed Captain Ajay Singh Yadav as the National Chairman of OBC department of All India Congress Committee with immediate effect.

Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], February 25 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu has tendered his resignation from the post of National Chairman of OBC department of All India Congress Committee on Friday.

Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], December 30 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday said that the arrest of religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj was made as per procedure and no rules were violated by the state police.

Raipur Oct 22 PTI Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday met a 16-year-old tribal boy suffering from progeria who was a special attendee at a conference of senior police officials here an official said Shailendra Dhruv occupied the chair next to Baghel at the end of the meeting and received Guard of Honour along with him there the official from the public relations department said Progeria is a progressive genetic disorder which causes a child to age rapidly On finding of about the boy through media the chief minister invited him to the capital and met him during the conference of Inspector Generals of Police IGPs and Superintendents of Police SPs here at New Circuit House he said At the end of the conference the boy entered the meeting auditorium and Baghel made him sit beside him and took stock of his health the official said The boy hailing from Medki Dabri village of Gariaband district informed the chief minister that he wanted to serve the country as a collector in the future he said The boys parents Banshilal Dhruv and Ramkali Dhruv are farmers and the boy studies in Class 11 at a high school in Rasela village it was stated Baghel introduced Dhruv to state Agriculture Minister Ravindra Chaubey Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu Chief Secretary Amitabh Jain Director General of Police DGP DM Awasthi and other officials who were present in the meeting Dhruv was also given a place in the Guard of Honour accorded to the chief minister by the police force after the conference concluded the official said adding that Baghel invited the boy and his father for lunch in the Circuit House Later the chief minister tweeted a video of the interaction with the boy he said The Gariaband district administration had arranged Dhruvs travel to Raipur and an official had accompanied him he added PTI TKP ARU ARU

Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 8 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated works of renovation, beautification and infrastructure development at the Mata Kaushalya Temple on Thursday.